The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill that increases penalties for eluding a police officer. Senate Bill 233, sponsored by Sen. Lance Bell, R-Pell City, elevates the base punishment from a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail, to a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.
What came to the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday as an overtime tax deduction bill left as an overtime tax deduction bill with a grocery tax holiday attached.
When Alabama public schools saw the largest drop in enrollment in four decades last year, there was some concern.
The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would create state party registration and make it a requirement to vote in primaries following an hours-long debate that revealed divisions in the GOP caucus over the measure.
The Alabama State Board of Education has approved new textbooks for arts education and social studies after months of delays and disputes over content.
A bill requiring schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and allow students to initiate and lead school prayer passed in the Alabama House of Representatives, but not without significant changes.
The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill requiring all commercial drivers to be proficient in English and making it a crime to present a false commercial driver's license.
A bill that would require schools to display the Ten Commandments advanced out of an Alabama House committee Wednesday.
Under current law, Alabama's private school tuition program will extend to every child regardless of income next year. And that has both Democratic and Republican legislators worried about public school funding.
The Alabama House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that criminalizes disrupting a church service.
